Jacques Bourgault holds a doctorate from La Sorbonne. He retired in 2008 as a full professor in the Department of Political Science at UQAM, and has been an associate professor at ÉNAP since 1988. He was an emeritus researcher at the Canada School of Public Service and a guest lecturer at numerous conferences and symposia, including ÉNA, the Université des cadres du MINEFI (France) and Université Roma III. Jacques Bourgault practiced as a lawyer from 1992 to 2017. He has published extensively on public management in Canada and Quebec. Mr. Bourgault has acted as a consultant to the governments of Canada, Quebec, municipalities, education and health services. He has also consulted for the World Bank, the European Union and CIDA with numerous governments, including those of Algeria, Benin, Cameroon, France, Italy and Morocco. He was President of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada (1998), Senior Vice-President of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (2013-2017) and received the Vanier Medal from the Governor General of Canada in 2012.
